For the glass base, they make it rotate in an oven, but how do they make the perfectly reflecting surface after?
I was also surprised by doug's post. I am preatty sure that it makes a parabola cause I eared it many times but I red the demo on the link you gave Lioni and i just don't get why they say Ekin = Ecin

 

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